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NGAS CrIS SDR Cal/Val Activity and Highlights

NGAS CrIS SDR Cal/Val Activity and Highlights . Oct 23, 2012. Lihong Wang, Chunming Wang, Denise Hagan and Degui Gu . NGAS Responsibilities for NPP CrIS Cal/Val.

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NGAS CrIS SDR Cal/Val Activity and Highlights

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  1. NGAS CrIS SDR Cal/Val Activity and Highlights Oct 23, 2012 Lihong Wang, Chunming Wang, Denise Hagan and Degui Gu

  2. NGAS Responsibilities for NPP CrIS Cal/Val • NGAS CrIS team supported NPP CrIS Cal/Val by applying our in-depth knowledge of the CrIS sensor hardware, CrIS SDR algorithm science and algorithm operational implementation at IDPS • NGAS team responsibilities • Develop and test CrIS SDR algorithm code and LUT/PCT updates • Support verification of IDPS operational algorithm software implementation on G-ADA • Support DR investigation and anomaly resolution • Support assessment of CrIS sensor and SDR performance

  3. Overview • CrIS SDR algorithm code and LUT/PCT update deliveries • Key SDR algorithm issues resolved • Verification test of operational SDR algorithm code/LU updates on G-ADA • Assessment of IDPS implementation of code/LUT updates • Support to CrIS sensor and SDR performance validation • Radiometric calibration: NEdN, non-linearity, sweep direction biases, radiometric accuracy • Spectral calibration: FOV to FOV spectral offset and stability • Geolocation: comparison with VIIRS GEO • CrIMSS EDR product

  4. Key DRs Investigated to Update CrIS SDR Operational Algorithm Software • DR 4478: Added a flag to catch SDRs with larger than expected imaginary radiances • To catch bad radiances potentially resulted from Fringe Count Error (FCE detection and correction module is turned off due to known deficiencies) • DR 4557: Fixed SDR overall quality flag error: packets with partially filled values • Affected RDRs not properly labeled • DR 4661: Fixed SDR overall quality flag error: having a value of 3 • Degraded condition and invalid condition not cross checked before setting the flag • DR 4680: Fixed SDR overall quality flag extensively set to degraded • Calibration window size set too conservative at 30 (relaxed to 15) • Code for computing thermal drifts not optimized and inconsistent with threshold values in the engineering packet • Incorrect thermal drift threshold values in Engineering packet (addressed in V34 update by Exelis) • DR 4821: Fixed geolocation error due to a bug in computing LOS vector • Error uncovered by STAR and confirmed by NG. Fix developed by STAR and verified by NGAS

  5. CrIS SDR Algorithm Code Update Deliveries for Operational Implementation • First package delivered to DPE/DPA on May 24, 2012 to address DR 4661 and DR 4680 Part I • Second package delivered to DPE/DPA on July 12, 2012 to address DR 4478 and DR 4680 Part II • All code changes were implemented and verified on G-ADA before submission to DPE/DPA • Delivery packages contain details of code updates and performance verification test results and additional data requested by DPE (unit test data, unit test results and DPE code/LUT change request forms) • Updates were approved by AERB and implemented in IDPS MX6.3

  6. Verification of Addition of Bit Flag to Identify Erroneous Data (DR 4478) The bit flag is triggered when midwave imaginary radiance threshold is exceeded Data demonstrated that the new quality flag works for detecting bad data by applying threshold limit on imaginary component of spectra; “good spectra” have imaginary radiance near zero (Lihong Wang, NGAS)

  7. Verification of Overall Quality Flag Value (DR 4661) Before MX6.3 update After MX6.3 update Lihong Wang, NGAS Quality flag 0=good 1=degraded 2=invalid 3=undefined Overall quality flag after code correction has no degraded values and no values equal to 3 (Lihong Wang, NGAS)

  8. Issues with CrIS SDR Quality Flag Mostly Fixed with MX6.3 Update Before MX6.3 update After MX6.3 update Distribution of overall quality flag for CrIS Golden Day May 15, 2012. Before the update, CrIS SDR data were extensively labeled as degraded (left). After the MX6.3 update and engineering packet V34 upload, most of the data are now correctly labeled as valid. (Lihong Wang, NGAS) Quality flag 2 – invalid 1 – degraded 0 -- valid

  9. Additional Code and Engineering Packet Update to Completely Resolve Quality Flag Issue • Set RDR quality to invalid for missing packets (DR 4875) • Relax stage2 cooler temperature drift limit to 4K Overall quality 2 – invalid 1 – degraded 0 – valid Distribution of overall quality flag for CrIS Golden Day Sep 20, 2012. Data generated on G-ADA using MX6.3 plus additional changes. All issues were fixed. (Lihong Wang, NGAS)

  10. Support to DPE Regression Test and Verification Failed regression test results New regression test results • Shortwave radiances (at 2500cm-1) generated in DPE regression test using Golden Day 2/15/2012 dataset. Initial results (left) were corrupted due to incorrect set-up configuration file. New results generated using NGAS provided configuration file were good and matched NGAS reference results. (Lihong Wang, NGAS)

  11. Support to DPE Regression Test and Verification New DPE Regression Test Results NGAS Reference Test Results LW Radiance at 900 cm-1 LW Radiance at 900 cm-1 Start End Descending Orbit • LWIRradiances (at 900cm-1) generated in DPE regression test using Golden Day 2/15/2012 dataset. Initial results were corrupted due to incorrect set-up configuration file, but new results (left) generated using NGAS provided configuration file were good and matched NGAS reference results (right). (Lihong Wang, NGAS)

  12. Verification Test of Engineering Packet V34 Update on G-ADA • Performed verification test of engineering packet V34 update on G-ADA to ensure • The update will achieve the expected improvements on SDR data products • IDPS SDR processing is not adversely impacted • Verification test approach • Test performed using one orbit of data (b0175, on 2/26/12) using MX5.3 on G-ADA • Engineering packets in the last portion of the RDR data were replaced with the new engineering packet to assess impact on SDR product and processing • Verification test results • SDRs overall quality flag issue fixed as expected • New threshold values in the updated engineering packet are used by the algorithm as expected • The engineering packet update did NOT cause SDR processing interruption, nor re-computation of LUTs (i.e., CMO), as expected

  13. CrIS SDR Quality Flag Improved with the Updated Engineering Packet V34 • SDR overall quality flag has correct values after V34 update Start Orbit End Orbit V34 inserted from here Updated engineering packet improved overall SDR quality flag. No SDRs are labeled as degraded after the new engineering packet is inserted into the RDR data (Lihong Wang, NGAS)

  14. Validation of IDPS CrIS SDR Data Products: Spectral Calibration FOV-to-FOV Relative Spectral Calibration Accuracy Before EP V33 Update After EP V33 Update FOV1 FOV2 FOV3 FOV4 FOV6 FOV7 FOV8 FOV9 (Denise Hagan, NGAS)

  15. Verification of IDPS CrIS SDR Data Products: Radiometric Calibration FOV-to-FOV Brightness Temperature Variability (K) Before EP V33 Update After EP V33 Update (Chunming Wang, NGAS)

  16. Verification of IDPS CrIS SDR Products: Geolocation Correlation between CrIS and VIIRs radiances Before MX6.3 Update After MX6.3 Update (0,0) (0,0) Operational data before MX6.3 code update required VIIRS pixels to be shifted (-4,3) to achieve best correction between the two. After the update, the correlation is nearly at the maximum without any shifts (0-1). (Denise Hagan, NGAS) .

  17. Excellent NEdN Performance Consistent with TVAC Test Results NSIPS DQF PGEs track NEdN and other Key Parameters TVAC4 TVAC4 On-orbit On-orbit On-orbit NEdN performance similar to pre-launch, with MWIR FOV7 NEdN slightly out of family. (Denise Hagan, NGAS)

  18. CrIS Sensor Detector Nonlinearity Assessment Assessment of on-orbit CrIS detector non-linearity and comparison to TVAC test results. LWIR FOV9 and MWIR FOV7 show largest changes from the at-launch values (Eng V32). (Chunming Wang, NGAS)

  19. Statistical Analyses of FOV-to-FOV Radiance Differences Statistical FOV-to-FOV differences is analyzed as a function of the Earth scene temperature to evaluate CrIS sensor/SDR radiometric performance. (Chunming Wang and Degui Gu, NGAS)

  20. Assessment of CrIS Sweep Direction Biases • Examination of averaged radiances showed significant reduction of sweep direction dependent biases after new digital filter upload on April 18, 2012 April 19, 2012 20:00-21:00 GMT April 18, 2012 5:00-6:00 GMT (Chunming Wang, NGAS)

  21. Discovered Remaining CrIS Sweep Direction Biases for FOV5 • Inspection of individual channels revealed that FOV5 still has significant amount of biases following digital filter upload April 18, 2012 5:00-6:00 GMT April 19, 2012 20:00-21:00 GMT Wavenumber cm-1 Wavenumber cm-1 FOR Position FOR Position (Chunming Wang, NGAS)

  22. CrIS Absolute Radiometric Calibration Accuracy Assessment Using OSS Forward Model Clear Sky Radiance Difference CrIMSS IR Bias Correction Coefficients Brightness temperature difference (K) Excellent agreement over the window channels between the observed CrIS clear sky radiances and the simulated radiances using the Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS) forward model and ECMWF match-up data. Larger differences in the spectral regions are largely due to the forward model error. (Xia-lin Ma, Denise Hagan, and Degui Gu, NGAS)

  23. CrIS Provided Superior Sounding Capability Temperature Profile EDR quality over cloud free ocean Statistical differences of the atmospheric temperature profile EDRs retrieved from CrIS/ATMS compared to ECMWF match-up truth. Golden Day May 15, 2012. Cloud free ocean scenes. (Xia-Lin Ma and Degui Gu, NGAS)

  24. Summary • CrIS SDR operational algorithm code has been significantly improved to fix a number of errors and anomalies. The planned additional code update (minor) and engineering packet V35 update will remedy remaining known quality flag issues • Radiometric, spectral and geolocation accuracy of the CrIS SDR data products have been verified to meet expectations based sensor requirements and pre-launch TVAC testing Golden Day 2012-09-20: NG LW Data Generation on G-ADA

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